The Great Divide

We live our lives in two stories: an upper ‘Sacred’ story and a lower “Secular’ story. The ‘sacred’ refers to things pertaining to the spiritual and eternal realm of “God’s affairs,” or “related to religion.” In this ‘upper story’ are the activities of prayer, bible study, worship, theology, evangelism, discipleship, spiritual disciplines, devotions, and the things we normally embrace on Sundays. The ‘secular’ refers to things pertaining to the physical and temporal realm of human affairs, or anything not related to religion. In this ‘lower story’ are the activities work, reason, business, politics, science, economics, mass media, the arts, and social justice initiatives we engage in on the weekdays of our existence. All creation (both the sacred and the secular) are God’s, and one day all creation will be restored (Romans 8:22). In Ephesians 1:22 we are reminded that, “God placed ALL things under Christ’s authority and appointed Him to be head over EVERYTHING. He did this “so that God may be all in all (1 Corinthians 15:28).”